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Garbage in Manila

Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines. 13/12/2009. 10 years ago two of the cities major landfills reached their capacity, while another key site, the Payatas dump (now reopened), had to stop accepting waste when a ‘waste slide’ killed several people.The huge amounts of solid waste produced by the city each day often clogs the poor drainage pipeline and causes eventual flooding, every day almost half of the Metro area’s solid waste remains uncollected.

Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines. 13/12/2009.

10 years ago two of the cities major landfills reached their capacity, while another key site, the Payatas dump (now reopened), had to stop accepting waste when a ‘waste slide’ killed several people.The huge amounts of solid waste produced by the city each day often clogs the poor drainage pipeline and causes eventual flooding, every day almost half of the Metro area’s solid waste remains uncollected.

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13 December 2009
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ASIA, Philippines, Manila
2010, colour image, conservation, contamination, dirty water, dump, environment, Garbage, manila, philippines, pollution, rubbish, trash, waste

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  • Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines. 13/12/2009. 10 years ago two of the cities major landfills reached their capacity, while another key site, the Payatas dump (now reopened), had to stop accepting waste when a ‘waste slide’ killed several people.The huge amounts of solid waste produced by the city each day often clogs the poor drainage pipeline and causes eventual flooding, every day almost half of the Metro area’s solid waste remains uncollected.
  • Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines. 13/12/2009. 10 years ago two of the cities major landfills reached their capacity, while another key site, the Payatas dump (now reopened), had to stop accepting waste when a ‘waste slide’ killed several people.The huge amounts of solid waste produced by the city each day often clogs the poor drainage pipeline and causes eventual flooding, every day almost half of the Metro area’s solid waste remains uncollected.
  • Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines. 13/12/2009. 10 years ago two of the cities major landfills reached their capacity, while another key site, the Payatas dump (now reopened), had to stop accepting waste when a ‘waste slide’ killed several people.The huge amounts of solid waste produced by the city each day often clogs the poor drainage pipeline and causes eventual flooding, every day almost half of the Metro area’s solid waste remains uncollected.
  • Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines. 13/12/2009. 10 years ago two of the cities major landfills reached their capacity, while another key site, the Payatas dump (now reopened), had to stop accepting waste when a ‘waste slide’ killed several people.The huge amounts of solid waste produced by the city each day often clogs the poor drainage pipeline and causes eventual flooding, every day almost half of the Metro area’s solid waste remains uncollected.
  • Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines. 13/12/2009. 10 years ago two of the cities major landfills reached their capacity, while another key site, the Payatas dump (now reopened), had to stop accepting waste when a ‘waste slide’ killed several people.The huge amounts of solid waste produced by the city each day often clogs the poor drainage pipeline and causes eventual flooding, every day almost half of the Metro area’s solid waste remains uncollected.

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Garbage in Manila
Mario Travaini
DMTX. Every day Manila produces 6,000 tons of garbage. Only a small percentage of this is recycled, some is illegally dumped and the remainder is sent to landfills and open dumps. Manila, Philippines.

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